Colombo [Sri Lanka], Jun 27 (ANI): The Amnesty International has expressed shock after Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced death warrants for four drug offenders on Wednesday who will "very soon" become the first people to be executed in decades on the island nation.
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Two persons were sentenced to 10 years in Jail by a special NIA court in Vijayawada in a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 26 (ANI): An Indore Court on Wednesday rejected the bail of BJP MLA Akash Vijayvargiya who was arrested for thrashing a Municipal Corporation officer in Indore today. He has been sent to judicial custody till July 7.
Sonitpur (Assam) [India], Jun 26 (ANI): A 40-year-old woman residing in Assam's Sonitpur district has been declared a 'foreigner' by a tribunal and has been sent to a detention centre, even though her family has claimed her roots are from Bihar.
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): A special fast track court for lawmakers on Tuesday awarded three months imprisonment and Rs 10,000 fine to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Manoj Kumar for obstructing the election process at a polling station during the 2013 assembly polls.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 24 (ANI): Equities traded on a weak note during early hours on Monday amid mixed global markets and firming oil prices.
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): In the ongoing ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between South Africa and Pakistan, Proteas spinner Imran Tahir scalped two wickets and he sent the Twitterverse rolling with his trademark celebration style.
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jun 23 (ANI): A Hyderabad woman, who was sent to Kuwait under false pretence and was tortured there, thanked the Indian embassy and Modi government on Sunday for her rescue.
London [UK], June 22 (ANI): The parents of a Muslim convert, popularly known as 'Jihadi Jack', were on Saturday found guilty of funding terrorism after they sent money to their son in Syria.
Chandigarh [India], Jun 22 (ANI): Miffed over not being invited at the all-party meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss 'one nation, one election' proposal, The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) has sent a letter to the Prime Minister.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): A Varanasi court on Saturday sent BSP MP Atul Rai to 14-days judicial custody for questioning in connection with a rape case.
Sagar (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): Dead, alive, dead again! A 72-year-old man who was declared dead by a doctor at the District Hospital here was found to be still breathing when his "body" was being sent for a postmortem after spending a whole night in the mortuary! The man, how